The company picked this week to collect Windsor's garbage says it revealed all pertinent legal information during its bid for the contract.

Under the terms of the bidding process, all companies vying to collect Windsor's garbage had to come clean on litigation in which they were involved over the past five years.

The city has learned that there were two lawsuits involving Toronto-based Turtle Island Recycling Corp. — the successful bidder — that were settled within that five year window.

"We did provide full disclosure to the best of my knowledge — full disclosure on everything sir," Turtle Island CEO Louis Anagnostakos told council on Thursday evening.

Councillor Percy Hatfield said Thursday that he voted in favour of awarding the contract to Turtle Island under the assumption that all litigation had been revealed.

"But if there's other court cases, other litigation out there, that we haven't been made aware of yet or are just finding out about now that wasn't disclosed, if that's the case, then we have a problem," he said.

It was not clear Thursday night if in fact there was a problem.

"In this case, the fact — the early facts anyways — seem to suggest that Turtle Island was suing the City of Toronto and not the other way around," said Mayor Eddie Francis.

He said he is confident in the process but that the city is investigating concerns over disclosure.

"I think again it's important for us to wait for all the facts to come out and for the report and announcement by legal and purchasing to be reviewed. And once that's done we'll be able to comment further," said Francis.

An earlier report by city staff had recommended collection be contracted out to Turtle Island Recycling Corp., estimating savings of nearly $9-million over seven years. Meanwhile, Jim Wood, president of Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 82 which represents the 50 city workers now doing the job, said Thursday that even if the lawsuits were irrelevant, they should have been disclosed.

"If this wasn't such a big deal when they were asking the questions, the CEO should have come clean and said, 'Yes we did have litigation.' And told them what it was," said Wood.

"Maybe it didn't mean anything to them. But now you've raised the red flag. Is this really what you want to deal with. Do you want to deal with someone that's got secrets?"

The city has already said the CUPE workers will not lose their jobs but will be placed in other positions or allowed to retire.

Under the contract awarded on Monday, the company will start collecting the city's garbage and recycling materials next year.